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...supposed to be a peaceful, harmless burglary. The main reason is that Joe belongs in jail, feels comfortable there. Not secure, understand, because dope selling in the lockup is even tougher than it is on the streets. Everyone there is a villain, and every villain has at least a shank, a homemade knife. Black and Aryan gangs feud murderously. Studs and lovers brutalize each other. And Joe, of course, misses Kitty Litter, his stripper girlfriend. But he is an outcast, and jail is where, when you go there, they have to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jailhouse Blues | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...Richard Shank, director of Ohio's environmental protection agency, estimates that the Fernald operation has released 298,000 lbs. of uranium wastes into the air since the plant started. Beyond that, he cites the deliberate discharge of 167,000 lbs. of wastes into the Great Miami River over 37 years. An additional 12.7 million lbs. were placed in pits, all of which may be leaking. Senator Glenn is still awaiting an analysis he requested three years ago from the Energy Department on whether such estimates are correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...there, there would be an extraordinary and prompt reaction. In this case, it was our Government that buried the time bomb," he declared last week. "They have lied to us. Without a mechanism to oversee what they're doing, we can't trust them." Charges Ohio EPA chief Shank: "The U.S. Government is the single biggest polluter in Ohio and probably the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: They Lied to Us | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

Losing 14-10, freshman Danni Cunningham scored a kill, followed by an ace and kill by Forman, and a Wallace shank to tie the match...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Spikers Down the Red in Tense Contest | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

Amber Duncan, Rose Schneider and Jenny Shank finished eighth, ninth and 10th overall, respectively. Although Drake had the top two finishers, the pack of Crimson runners helped keep Harvard's score down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Harriers Sweep Race; Men Split | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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